Arcturus
Literary Magazine
We're an online journal open year-round and are a sister publication of the Chicago Review of Books!
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 4 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Hybrid
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Min pieces: 3
Max pieces: 5
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Provide a brief cover letter and third person bio.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Attach your work as either a Word Doc, or PDF.
Author's rights
For original, previously unpublished work, we only ask for First North American Serial Rights (i.e., to be the first publication in North America to publish it), after which the rights return to you.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
41
Total submissions tracked
119 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
18 days
Fastest response time
357 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
All genres
About
The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres. Inspired by Chicago’s early modernist literary magazines like The Dial (1880), Poetry (1912), and The Little Review (1914), we’ve published a di...
Read moreFounded
2016
Country
US
Masthead
Sara Cutaia
Editor-in-Chief
Adam Morgan
Founder + Publisher
Rachel León
Fiction Editor
Chrissy Martin
Poetry Editor
Roseanna Alice Boswell
Poetry Editor
Sophie Amado
Nonfiction Editor
Caitlin Stout
Managing Editor